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NBA’s weird trade rules lead to draft hat confusion The conversation was about what the players were wearing on Thursday night, but for wrong reasons. Several players picked during the 2019 NBA Draft were seen wearing hats of a team they aren’t going to actually suit up for, thanks to trade agreements and NBA rules. De’Andre Hunter heard his name ann...00:52 2019-06-22

Corporations can follow different rules in small claims court Dear John: Corporations no longer have to hire an attorney in small claims court. Any officer of the corporation can represent them. I doubt if the officers of large corporations would bother. They would use an attorney, but they do not have to. Love your column. S.A. Dear S.A.: Thanks for the updat...17:26 2019-09-08

Ex-chief scientist fears for UK climate plan if Boris Johnson is PM Prof David King says would-be PM oversaw ‘devastating’ cuts in efforts to tackle crisisProf David King, the former chief scientist, has expressed alarm at the prospect of Boris Johnson becoming prime minister because the Tory MP oversaw “devastating” cuts in efforts to tackle the climate crisis when...14:13 2019-06-18

The Weird Ways NASA Thought Moon Dust Might Kill Apollo Astronauts Prior to the first Moon landing, scientists had good reason to believe the lunar surface was covered in a fine layer of dust. While this might not sound like a big deal, it presented a host of concerns to the Apollo mission planners.Read more......20:26 2019-07-18

The ‘Stranger Things’ kids make out in Season 3 and it’s weird Warning: Mild spoilers ahead. In the first episode of “Stranger Things” Season 3, Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Mike (Finn Wolfhard) make out. Last season of Netflix’s hit ’80s nostalgia sci-fi show saw the two pre-teens get together, and it was cute. In Season 3, it’s the summer befor...15:00 2019-07-04

India’s Moon lander is poised to make history With so many eyes on missions to Mars and other interesting destinations in our solar system, it might seem like making it to Earth’s Moon is old hat. Nothing could be further from the truth, and to date, just three countries (the United States, USSR, and China) have managed to land softly on ...15:00 2019-09-04

Trump buildings face millions in climate fines under new New York rules Exclusive: if Trump Tower and other sites do not cut emissions, Trump Organization will owe $2.1m a year from 2030Donald Trump’s reluctance to address climate change is set to cost his business empire millions of dollars in fines levied by New York City due to the amount of pollution emitted by Trum...05:39 2019-05-22

FCC loosens rules to make 5G available in lower frequencies The FCC is acting on its plans to open up mid-band frequencies for 5G. The Commission has voted in favor of an order that would eliminate the restrictions on who can own 2.5GHz spectrum, including a Kennedy-era requirement for educational uses. The......00:26 2019-07-11

US Open plans to bend rules to make sure they get Coco Gauff U.S Open officials plan to extend a wildcard to 15-year-old Wimbledon sensation Coco Gauff into the main draw in the coming weeks, The Post has learned. However, if it does so, the Open would be ignoring the WTA’s age-eligibility rules for 15-year-olds. According to the WTA rulebook that is adopted ...23:13 2019-07-17

Devolver's Collection Of Knock-Off Devolver Games Is Weird For The Sake Of Weird Game publisher Devolver Digital had an E3 press conference on Twitch last night after Bethesda. As usual, it was packed with weird, gory humor and send-ups of standard E3 hype culture, as well as game announcements. One of those jokes, the announcement of a launcher-slash-game collection called Devo...20:52 2019-06-10

The musicians helping make climate change a cultural movement Pop stars like Lil Dicky and Grimes are using their music and their huge followings to gain vital coverage of climate change. This rise in social media-driven activism shows that a tipping point has been reached in popular culture...12:52 2019-06-17

Climate action: 4 shifts the UN chief encourages Governments to make Speaking to young Māoris and people of the Pacific islands in New Zealand on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said “nature does not negotiate” and emphasized four key measures that Governments should prioritize in order to reach carbon neutrality by 2050....14:52 2019-05-21

Britain, Italy make joint bid to host 2020 UN climate talks BERLIN (AP) — Britain and Italy are making a joint bid to host the U.N.’s global climate summit next year.
The two countries said Tuesday they’re proposing that Britain host the annual U.N. talks in late 2020 and for Italy to stage a preparatory meeting.
They said their partnership would...23:52 2019-06-18

India wants to make 40% cabs electric by 2026 to meet climate change goals The Indian government is planning to order rideshare companies like Ola and Uber to convert 40 percent of their fleet to electric vehicles (EVs) by 2026, according to a report from Reuters. According to sources and documents obtained from meetings, the authorities will order the companies to adopt t...10:26 2019-06-07

New Google Play Store rules want to make the store safer for kids Via its Android Developers Blog on Wednesday, Google announced an important series of changes that apply to every single app in the Google Play Store in an attempt to make the marketplace more kid-friendly.
The changes govern aspects of app development like how developers handle personal data and wh...06:39 2019-05-30

Moon buggies and bags of poo: what humans left on the moon After 50 years of exploration, the lunar junkyard holds nearly 200 tonnes of objectsMore than half a century of lunar exploration has left its mark on the moon. What Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin described as the “magnificent desolation” of the relentlessly grey surface is littered with clapped-out robots, sp...16:26 2019-07-19

Qualcomm stock slips after judge rules it violated antitrust rules Qualcomm used unlawful, anticompetitive practices to license patents for modems used in mobile phones, a judge has ruled in a case brought by the US trade regulator, ordering it to renegotiate major deals and change how it does business. Shares of the company, which have soared since it settled a ma...21:26 2019-05-22

Federal judge rules Qualcomm violated antitrust rules Roughly five months after the Federal Trade Commission and Qualcomm entered the courtroom over charges that Qualcomm engaged in anti-competitive behavior, a federal judge has sided with the FTC. In a decision shared Tuesday night, US District Judge L......16:52 2019-05-22

Here's a Simple Way to Shop More Sustainably Forgo clothing and accessories that use polluting dyes. The downside? You may look like a scoop of vanilla ice cream, as the alternatives are almost always off-white....01:39 2019-07-24

HPV: A simple virus with huge implications The most common infection transmitted during sex is the Human papillomavirus also referred to as HPV. Though many strains are harmless, beware some types can cause cancer....19:52 2019-08-26

How to create a simple RSS feed reader on iOS Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Apple has announced that Shortcuts, a powerful automation app for the iPhone and iPad, will come pre-installed on iOS devices. This is great news because it’s an ...18:00 2019-06-14

This Simple Bar Pattern Can Tip You Off to Major Reversals in Any Market What's your favorite reversal indicator? Is there something you look for on a price chart that tips you off to a major trend change? Bestselling author, Jeffrey Kennedy, shares one of his favorite bar patterns that does just that. He shows you an example of how this bar pattern has recently prepared...20:52 2019-06-13

Chinese Stocks: "Simple Contrarian Observation" So-called "bad news" is not always bad for stocks. When U.S. tariffs were imposed on Chinese imports, many investors held an unfavorable outlook for the Shanghai Composite. However, one of EWI's global analysts took a different stance. Take a look at these two charts...00:39 2019-07-24

Anna Kendrick follows A Simple Favor with another thriller According to Deadline, Anna Kendrick is set to star in a new thriller from Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day director Bharat Nalluri called Unsound, and if A Simple Favor wasn’t enough to convince you that Kendrick should be starring in more movies that aren’t exclusively about a cappella singing, here...00:13 2019-08-30

24 Simple But Memorable Minimalist Wedding Dresses Not every bride dreams of wearing a voluminous tulle gown of couture-like proportions on her wedding day. If layers of tulle don't speak to you, see Vogue's selection of the best minimalist dresses to fall in love with now...11:52 2019-08-12

How to delete all of the emails on your iPad using a simple trick Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
Your iPad's Mail app doesn't give you an obvious way to delete all the email in a folder, but it's easy to do with just a few taps.
Apple provides a workaround to move all your email at once by selecting a message, holding the Move button, and then deselecting the e...22:26 2019-05-21

How to Create a Simple Plant-Watering Schedule As an elder millennial, it goes without saying that I’m into plants. I have five on my office desk (one is a small fishbowl with two Marimo moss balls). But I don’t just go on autopilot and water ‘em every Friday. Plants don’t like that, preferring a more personalized schedule. But how do you keep t...15:39 2019-06-05

Gold: Simple Price Pattern, 300% Rally Priced in Indian rupees or Australian dollars, gold is at record highs. How did it get there? And what's next? This short video gives you some answers.
Watch as Mark Galasiewski, a contributor to our monthly Global Market Perspective, shows you how a simple price pattern in the Australia's ASX All O...21:39 2019-07-05

Teen climate activist urges leaders to admit climate crisis BERLIN — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg called on world leaders Tuesday to acknowledge the seriousness of global warming and that not enough is being done to curb it. Speaking at a conference in the Austrian capital, Vienna, Thunberg suggested it was wrong to portray the worldwide shift nec...01:13 2019-05-29

The next 'Overwatch' hero is yet another evil scientist Blizzard waited a little longer than fans expected, but it has at last revealed the identity of Overwatch's 31st playable character. Following a couple of mathematical-oriented teasers over the weekend, the developer confirmed rumors and leaks that S......22:39 2019-07-22

Guardian tells staff to use ‘climate crisis’ instead of ‘climate change’ Britain’s Guardian newspaper is officially changing its language concerning climate change, opting to call it instead “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown.” Editor-in-chief Katharine Viner advised the staff in an email Friday that the phrase “climate change” should be avoided because it “so...14:33 2019-05-21

Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Story Creator Is Simple But Fun Assassin’s Creed Odyssey released a story creator this week, allowing players to cobble together their own questlines and share them with others. The website for constructing handmade stories is easy to use and fun to tinker with, even in the final results of that tinkering can be a little awkward....22:39 2019-06-11

How a Simple Price Pattern Foretold a New "Tech Boom" Trying to identify high-confidence chart patterns is easier said than done. Yet, some patterns are easier to spot than others. Learn a classic Elliott wave pattern that predicted a big rally in this tech stock -- and keep your eyes peeled: You'll see this pattern in your charts again. (And again. An...19:26 2019-05-21

Thomasina Miers’ pea, chilli and prawn pasta | The Simple Fix A simple pasta supper of garlicky prawns, juicy peas and sharp rocket, all finished off with the zing of lemonSome recipes are so simple that you marvel at how so few ingredients can combine to such dramatically good effect. So is the case with this dish, where the rich and silky butter peppered wit...14:52 2019-06-10

Who needs cookbooks? Top chefs’ favourite ultra-simple recipes You don’t need pages of ingredients and instructions to make something delicious. Here are 18 quick and easy stunners, from Middle Eastern dips to Indian street snacksOver the past 50 years, the chef Alice Waters, owner and chief ideologue at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, has played a pivota...16:39 2019-07-10

Overwhelmed by your to-do lists? Try this simple solution | Oliver Burkeman The effects of this technique are extraordinaryThe term “burnout” dates to 1974 , but judging from the media, and many people I know, it’s the official diagnosis of 2019. Well, semi-official: last month, in Geneva, the World Health Organisation announced it was recognising burnout for the first time...21:26 2019-07-05

How to host an outdoor dinner party in a few simple steps Getty Images
Long, warm summer days and nights bring plenty of occasions for outdoor entertaining.
Planning an outdoor dinner party is very similar to hosting one indoors, but there are a few subtle differences.
In this guide, we'll list all the items you need to host an outdoor dinner party and h...23:52 2019-08-25

How a simple blood test got me thinking about our behaviour and choices I was nervous about inheriting a family condition – which helped me understand our brains and the direction lives takeOne stifling day at the beginning of the long, hot summer of 2018, I sat in the waiting room at my GP’s surgery. Outside it was dazzlingly bright, but inside the fluorescent lights w...17:13 2019-07-06

I Miss Simple Video Games That Didn't Try Too Hard As someone obsessed with handheld gaming consoles, Nintendo’s Switch should have been the ultimate portable system for me. Instead, it actually made me nostalgic for Tiger Electronics’ LCD handhelds; arguably some of the first true portable video game systems. They were cheap, durable, simple, and a...21:39 2019-08-28

Top UK scientist urges people to take vitamin D supplements Geneticist Steve Jones, formerly a sceptic, says case for doing so is overwhelmingOne of Britain’s leading scientists has urged people to take vitamin D supplements, particularly children, who spend an hour less outside than they did 10 years ago.The geneticist Steve Jones told the Hay literary fest...23:52 2019-05-26

Greek man arrested in American scientist's death Suzanne Eaton, a biologist at Germany's Max Planck, was found dead in an abandoned WWII bunker in the island of Crete. She was a world renowned scientist in developmental biology....07:39 2019-07-16

MIT Scientist's Biotech Research Is Called Into Question MIT researcher Dr. Ram Sasisekharan and his team are defending their computer-assisted research against an accusation that they misled the scientific community about the discovery of drugs for the flu and Zika viruses....21:52 2019-05-27

This scientist is digging into the history of Florida’s hurricanes BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Months after Hurricane Michael bruised the Florida Panhandle and Irma slammed into the Florida Keys, the state is bracing for what comes next. One scientist is digging for those answers underwater. “It’s a relatively new science,” said Joanne Muller, a scient...07:52 2019-08-21

US scientist says Everest increasingly polluted and warmer A U.S. scientist says Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers....16:00 2019-06-04

Scientist vanishes on run while at Greece conference, family says An American scientist vanished while attending a conference in Greece last week — and her family fears she may have fallen while jogging on one of the tourist area’s picturesque cliffs. Suzanne Eaton — a molecular biologist at the Max Institute in Dresden, Germany — hasn̵...18:39 2019-07-08

Thomasina Miers’ recipe for cherry bundt cake | The Simple Fix A boozy, fruity bundt cake enhanced by cherries poached in star anise and a sharp lemon drizzleCherries are a summer fruit I find hard to resist, with their scarlet juices and rich, berry flavour. They’re labour-intensive to harvest, which makes them relatively expensive, but they are so special, I ...20:39 2019-07-08

Thomasina Miers’ recipe for courgette and lamb boats | The simple fix This dish will get the kids slicing, stirring and seasoning to their hearts’ contentWhen it comes to developing children’s palates, I have come to a few conclusions. The more you involve them in the cooking and seasoning of food, whether that’s a squeeze of lime or a sprinkling of herbs, the more in...13:13 2019-05-27

'A simple pattern': how Trump claims victory when facts suggest otherwise The president’s misleading agreement with Mexico showcases his reality-TV tactics – but the media keeps ‘taking the bait’Another drama, another cliffhanger, another disaster averted at the last minute. Donald Trump had saved the world. Again.The strange saga of the US-Mexico trade war that never was...08:26 2019-06-12

US elections 2020: a simple guide to the race for the White House From the debates, to the conventions, to the electoral college, here’s everything you need to know On 3 November 2020, Americans will head to the polls and render their verdict on the Donald Trump presidency. Here’s your quick guide to what’s in store. Continue reading......20:39 2019-06-14

Thomasina Miers’ Californian apricot salad – recipe | The Simple Fix A dish that reflects a land of sunshine: apricot, buffalo cheese, kale and crunchy seeds, all doused in a tangy dressingCalifornian food is sunshine food: fresh, crisp and golden. Like Mexico, the state grows bountiful fruit and vegetables, and it is this fresh produce that seems to define its cuisi...17:13 2019-06-17

The Latest: US scientist pleads not guilty in China case ALBUQUERUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on a scientist charged with making false statements about contacts with a China program (all times local):
12:45 p.m.
A scientist for a U.S. laboratory in New Mexico has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied about contacts with a state-run program in China tha...22:52 2019-05-28

Australian scientist to launch cancer cells into space After just one day in zero gravity conditions, researchers found over 80% of cancer cells died in a trial. Now, their plan is to send them to space. The initial results confirm earlier findings from German researchers....20:39 2019-08-30

Priest’s son arrested in murder of American scientist in Greece A 27-year-old Greek farmer — the son of a priest — has been arrested after confessing to raping and murdering the California scientist who was found dead in a World War II bunker on the island of Crete. The unnamed suspect, who was brought in for questioning Monday, was arrested after he “conf...18:00 2019-07-16

‘The Lion King’ is a lie that erases the female pride: scientist Some catty critics have said that the characters in the new remake of “The Lion King,” featuring the animal kingdom animated with CGI technology, lack the “charisma” and expressiveness of the original cartoon version. Zoologists and lion researchers, however, argue that the b...22:13 2019-07-12

Meet the computer scientist who saved Bletchley Park Tucked away in an estate in Buckinghamshire, England, is a 19th-century mansion. You wouldn’t be able to tell from the outside, but this mansion, named Bletchley Park, was the central home to Alan Turing’s team of WWII codebreakers, the team of cryptographers who were able to decipher the German Eni...21:39 2019-07-08

'Sexist' research means drugs more tailored to men, says scientist Male animal bias is unscientific and can lead to drugs that work less well for womenThe male mind is rational and orderly while the female one is complicated and hormonal. It is an exasperating stereotype that has skewed decades of neuroscience research towards using almost exclusively male mice and...15:13 2019-05-31

Greece: Suspect charged for US scientist’s slaying in Crete A 27-year-old man was charged with murder and rape Tuesday in the killing of an American scientist who disappeared on the Greek island of Crete and whose body was found in a tunnel formerly used as a storage site during World War II...17:39 2019-07-16

Turkey frees former NASA scientist from prison: ruling Turkey has released Turkish-American, former NASA scientist Serkan Golge from jail with conditions, according to a court ruling seen by Reuters on Wednesday, in a step that could lead to an easing of tensions in Ankara's relations with Washington....00:13 2019-05-30

US scientist sounds warning on future Everest dangers KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers, a U.S. scientist who spent weeks in the Everest region said Tuesday.
Prof. John All ...14:52 2019-06-04

Body of missing American scientist found in Crete The body of missing 59-year-old American scientist Suzanne Eaton was found in a cave at the port city of Chania, Crete, Monday evening, the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics said....18:39 2019-07-09

Florida hurricanes predicted by scientist with unique technique Months after Hurricane Michael bruised the panhandle and Irma slammed into the Florida Keys, the community is bracing themselves for what comes next. One scientist with the Florida Gulf Coast University is digging for those answers underwater with a technique called coring. It involves digging in th...23:00 2019-08-20

Citroën Sabotaged Wartime Nazi Truck Production in a Simple and Brilliant Way In case you forgot to change the batteries in your calendar, you may not be aware that this year is the 100th anniversary of Citroën. We’ve been shooting a Jason Drives special mini-series for this centenary, and while doing some research I happened to stumble upon a fascinating bit of wartime Citro...00:39 2019-07-25

Thomasina Miers’ recipe for tomato, cheese and tarragon galette | The Simple Fix Lincolnshire Poacher is a strong, hard cheese that is wonderful melted into the season’s vine tomatoes in this crumbly tartThere is a glut of tomatoes and I am making full use of them while I can. Yes, they are available all year, but right now they are ripe, fragrant and bursting with sweetness, ma...15:52 2019-09-02

Thomasina Miers’ recipe for pork ribs with pineapple salsa | The Simple Fix A pineapple salsa is an enticing way to cut through the richness of plump ribsIt was in the beautiful, clay-baked walls of Casa Oaxaca’s restaurant in Mexico that I had a memorable salad of enormous heirloom tomatoes tossed with the juiciest, sweetest slices of pineapple, fresh lime, Mexican oregano...20:00 2019-07-15

Looks Like EA's NBA Live Is Being Weird Again It’s easy to forget that there are two AAA basketball games on the market, so complete is 2K’s dominance of the scene, but EA Sports just keep plugging away with their NBA games. Some get released to little fanfare, others get cancelled at the last minute and some, like this year’s game, get delayed...18:00 2019-07-31

Oh My God Look at This Sad Weird Loser John Hickenlooper’s crusade against socialism is going rather poorly. The former Colorado governor’s presidential campaign is failing to crack even 1 percent in polling, and essentially his entire senior staff quit last week as everyone with a brain continues to push him to run for a winnable Senate...19:00 2019-07-08

Should We Be Calling Climate Change a 'Climate Crisis'? How we talk about climate change is rapidly shifting as the ramifications of unchecked carbon pollution become ever clearer. The Guardian sped that shift along last week, when it updated its style guide to encourage reporters to refer to climate change as a “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” a...03:13 2019-05-22

Stephen Colbert on Ben Carson: ‘Not a rocket scientist, only a brain surgeon’ Late-night hosts poked fun at the housing secretary’s Oreo error and the possibility of Trump’s case being seen by Merrick GarlandLate-night hosts focused on Donald Trump’s latest failure in court and the prospect of one of his cases being seen by the former supreme court nominee Merrick Garland. Co...21:13 2019-05-22

Turkey releases detained NASA scientist Serkan Golge Turkey has released US-Turkish scientist Serkan Golge from jail, a move that could help ease relations with Washington. The former NASA researcher is one of thousands detained in a Turkish government crackdown....05:13 2019-05-30

Wandering Earth: Rocket scientist explains how we could move our planet Enlarge (credit: NASA)
In the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding Sun—and prevent a collision with Jupiter.
The scenario may one day come true. In fiv...14:33 2019-05-21

Greek man detained in death of American scientist Suzanne Eaton A 27-year-old Greek man has confessed to killing the California scientist found dead last week in an abandoned World War II bunker on the island of Crete, according to a report on Monday. The man, who hasn’t been named, was detained on Monday in connection with the slaying of 59-year-old Suzan...02:00 2019-07-16

Atlanta prosecutors accuse Iranian scientist of violating US sanctions Professor accused of conspiring and attempting to export biological materials from the US to Iran without authorizationAn Iranian scientist coming to the US for a prestigious visiting scientist position was arrested on arrival and remains in detention eight months later. Related: Iran breaks nuclear...00:39 2019-07-08

Top California scientist was on dive ship, presumed dead: governor A senior environmental scientist and her husband were on the dive boat that caught fire and sank off the coast, California's governor said on Thursday, and are presumed to be among the 34 people killed in one of the state's worst maritime disasters....01:52 2019-09-06

Greek volunteers tell of finding UK scientist's body on island of Ikaria Rescuers passed close to where Natalie Christopher’s body lay several times, leader saysVolunteers who joined the search for Natalie Christopher, the British astrophysicist whose body was found in a ravine on the Greek island of Ikaria, have described how relief quickly turned to disappointment when...22:26 2019-08-09

Review: The Vuze XR handheld camera makes it dead simple to create VR videos HumanEyes‘ Vuze XR is a rare breed of camera. It’s pocket-sized, shoots in VR, 360, and 5K formats, and it costs around the same as an entry-level DSLR. What really sets it apart, however, is how easy it is to use. I love VR. And the thought of making my own glorious, fully immersive, 180-degree fam...04:13 2019-05-25

Weird Shoe Good? These shoes are utterly heinous, but also, I like them. You can wear them with nothing and everything; they’re so insanely busy that they’re neutral. They are my ideal aesthetic, which is chaos. The Shoe is a metaphor for the world in 2019. I want to hate wear them all over town....07:00 2019-05-23

BH90210 Is Here, It's Weird, and It's Very Meta Anybody else just feeling really weird right now?
BH90210 just made its debut on Fox, and rarely does a TV show make us feel such a sense of reality-related discomfort. Everybody was......13:52 2019-08-08

Big Tech's Weird Day of Reckoning It is easy to see why such reports of investigations into companies spook investors, especially given Big Tech’s unpopularity on both sides of the political aisle....21:39 2019-06-04

Sega is becoming its weird and wonderful self again Sega is in an unexpectedly good place right now. The company was never on top of the industry; it's been beaten by Nintendo, by Sony, by the decline of the arcade. It spent years nursing the wounds from its fall from grace in the '90s, and through th......13:13 2019-08-24

Bolsonaro has blessed ‘brutal' assault on Amazon, sacked scientist warns In interview with the Guardian, Ricardo Galvão says if the far-right leader doesn’t change tack the Amazon will be ruinedIllegal loggers are ramping up a “brutal, fast” assault on the Brazilian Amazon with the blessing of the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, the sacked head of the government agen...16:52 2019-08-09

Greek suspect blames porn addiction for California scientist’s murder A 27-year-old Greek son of a priest blamed a porn overload for him raping and killing a California scientist who vanished from a conference in Crete, local authorities said. Giannis Paraskakis, who confessed to the murder of 59-year-old Suzanne Eaton, told authorities that watching too much hardcore...19:39 2019-07-17

Bolsonaro has blessed ‘brutal' assault on rainforest, sacked scientist warns In interview with the Guardian, Ricardo Galvão says if the far-right leader doesn’t change tack the Amazon will be ruinedIllegal loggers are ramping up a “brutal, fast” assault on the Brazilian Amazon with the blessing of the far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, the sacked head of the government agen...10:26 2019-08-09

With Artemis, NASA at risk of repeating Apollo mistakes, scientist warns Enlarge / The surface of the Moon as seen from Apollo 11 while in lunar orbit.
(credit: NASA)
In the nearly five months that have passed since Vice President Mike Pence directed NASA to return humans to the Moon by 2024, the space agency has made significant progress toward that goal.
During thi...01:00 2019-08-21

When in Brazil, Just Follow the Music The capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia can be an intimidating place for travelers. But, as the 52 Places Traveler found out, when in doubt, just follow the music....22:13 2019-07-02

Two weird ways your iPhone or Mac can be hacked For most people, the security that Apple has baked into an iPhone or Mac is more than enough. But determined criminals can find creative ways to bypass the locks to get at your data. But should you be worried?...18:00 2019-08-11

Cloud Saves On PS4 Have A Weird Limit Cloud saves are great. They keep your save data safe, providing backups for everything you’ve ever accomplished in a PS4 game. They also makes it easy to stop playing on one PS4 and pick up right where you left off on another. But PS4 cloud saves have a bizarre 1,000-file cap, and no one’s really su...02:13 2019-08-17

One Weird Trick for Killing at Karaoke If you don’t like karaoke, you will soon. The next time you’re dragged to grown-up singalong, you can bring down the house with one trick: Sing the Weird Al version instead....22:13 2019-09-05

The 3D-Printed Gun Threat Is Getting Weird and Scary A London student was just convicted for using a 3D printer to make a gun—but not just something that looks like a gun. On Wednesday, Tendai Muswere pleaded guilty to manufacturing a lethal firearm with a 3D printer. The weapon in question resembles a pepper-box revolver, popular in early 19th centur...22:52 2019-06-20

A Very Weird Interaction With My Insurance Company On Wednesday, I did a short blog about a congressional hearing in which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mentioned something many Americans go through: rationing out their healthcare and doctor’s visits because they’re on shitty insurance plans with high deductibles or exorbitant copays or just overall...23:26 2019-07-12

Sexting With A Robot Is Just About As Weird As You'd Expect Does anyone remember Cleverbot, the sort-of-not-really AI that you could sort-of-not-really have a conversation with? It was really popular around the time I was sitting my Italian exam at university, circa 2011. I know this because I asked it if it could help me learn Italian, and it replied: “pizz...20:52 2019-06-21

The weird and wonderful PCs of Computex 2019 Every year Computex brings forth some truly weird and wonderful things. While there's some great tech on the show floor that's worth looking at, we couldn't help but notice a slew of rather interesting PCs being showcased at various booths.Now, some of these PC cases are created purel...13:52 2019-06-02

Rogue Chinese scientist made 'foolish' choice in gene-edited babies A rogue Chinese scientist who caused outrage last year when he said he had created the world's first "gene-edited" babies in an attempt to protect them from HIV may also have put them at risk with a "foolish" choice of gene, experts said on Monday....19:26 2019-06-03

Five teen dramas to follow 'Euphoria' "Euphoria" fans can look forward to the "Gossip Girl" reboot, "Riverdale" spinoff "Katy Keene," "Looking for Alaska" and new seasons of "13 Reasons Why" and "Elite."...15:39 2019-08-07

Weathering With You Is A Good, But Flawed Follow Up To Your Name When originally released in 2016, the acclaimed Your Name became the highest-grossing anime in Japan ever. Today, its follow-up, Weathering With You, was released in Japan. The movie shares many thematic and stylistic themes with Your Name. The result is good but flawed....15:13 2019-07-19

4 Diet Tips To Follow While Trekking Trekking is perfect in the monsoon season where you burn calories while enjoying the weather. However, adjusting your diet and nutrition intake will make the climb, 'not-so-strenuous'!...19:52 2019-08-06

Yankees must follow Red Sox model and keep being bullies KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Opener or ace, injury after injury, none of that matters as these Yankees keep beating terrible teams. Keep being bullies, Yankees, even if it is with a second layer of players. The Yankees have stolen a page from the 2018 World Champion Red Sox, who won 108 games, along the way.....11:52 2019-05-25

Ups, downs and big questions will always follow Tiger Figuring him out isn't easy, and always leads to questions. Was the wincing at The Open more than everyday aches and pains? Was it a bad week in the cold? It's how things work these days with Tiger....03:00 2019-07-20

Hubble spots a big, weird blob of star gas When you gaze at the sky on a clear night, you can easily spot countless stars shining bright. Most of them look pretty much identical, aside from varying brightness, but when NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope zooms in on a distant object, it can see it for what it truly is.
In the case of NGC 202...04:00 2019-08-19

Look At This Weird Thing Donald Trump Just Belched Up In March, a young whale beached itself in Davao City, in the Philippines. When scientists from the local museum—it is, delightfully, called D’Bone Collector Natural History Museum—did a necropsy on the whale after its death, they discovered that it had starved to death because its stomach contained...01:00 2019-08-17

Los Espookys isn’t Ghostbusters—it’s different, in so many weird, wonderful ways A bone-dry comedy for anyone who ever sat in front of a TV trying to conjure a showing of Beetlejuice, Los Espookys arrives in mid-June like a tall glass of cold water garnished with a prop eyeball. Created by Fred Armisen, Saturday Night Live wunderkind Julio Torres (he of “Wells For Boys” and “Pap...19:13 2019-06-12

'Shop Contest: That Weird Switch Teaser Hey, remember a few days ago when Nintendo quietly dropped a teaser for some weird peripheral or game for the Switch? It looks like it might be a Wii Fit or Wii Sports successor. It also looks really silly....04:52 2019-09-09

Gould happy with deal after 'weird offseason' Robbie Gould said on The Adam Schefter Podcast that he's happy to end a "weird offseason" with his new deal with the 49ers, but Chicago will always be his home....20:52 2019-07-16

Getting Out Of Bounds In Nintendogs Makes The Puppies Act Weird Over on the popular YouTube channel Boundary Break, the latest video is about the handheld classic game, Nintendogs. While not the longest episode, getting to see how developers worked around the limits of the 3DS is very interesting. But when breaking boundaries, sometimes odd things happen you don...03:39 2019-06-02

This Weird Panhard Is The King of Le Mans Efficiency Aerodynamic science was still something of a black art in the mid 1960s, which is why it was still a major focus of a particular highly regarded trophy at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Index of Efficiency was the second most important trophy at Le Mans, following the overall win, of course. And becau...21:26 2019-06-16

The 90210 Revival Is Weird as Hell—But At Least It’s Not Boring BH90210 knows what you’re expecting from a revival of the defining teen drama of the 1990s. And in its first few minutes, the show delivers. There’s that iconic credits sequence, with the now-middle-aged original cast posing against a stark white background as the unmistakable instrument...02:13 2019-08-07

Will Smith's end-credits Aladdin rap is just as weird as we could have hoped It’s been almost exactly 20 years since Will Smith graced the music-loving world with “Wild Wild West,” inviting fans of 1999's biggest “cowboy secret agent fights a racist little person and his giant mechanical spider” movie to delight in such lyrics as “Any damsel that’s in distress, be out of...05:52 2019-05-23

Scientists Discover New Bug Species Because of Its Weird Dick A nearly 500-acre cemetery cuts through west Brooklyn, featuring rolling hills that produce some of the city’s most spectacular vistas and a surprising variety of plant and animal diversity. Here, scientists have recently discovered an entirely new species of beetle based on its weird-shaped dick.Re...00:39 2019-08-03

These days, Apple is content to follow trends, not set them Watching this week's Apple event gave me a sense of deja vu. With every new feature the iPhone maker announced, I felt like shouting something along the lines of "The Simpsons already did it!" It felt as if everything Apple was doing was a riff on so......00:26 2019-09-12

'Surviving R. Kelly' follow-up series in the works Lifetime is following the explosive success of "Surviving R. Kelly" by ordering a follow-up piece about more of the embattled musician's accusers, as well as planning a new documentary that looks at those who say they were victims of another powerful man: Jeffrey Epstein....00:52 2019-07-24

Saturday at Glastonbury 2019 – follow it live! Lewis Capaldi graces the Other stage, Carrie Underwood brings country to the Pyramid and the night promises Janet Jackson, Liam Gallagher and the Killers. Follow along for all the news, reviews and photos 2.57pm BST Comedians, musicians and friends of Jeremy Hardy gathered to celebrate the late comi...16:13 2019-06-29

Leclerc ready to follow in the footsteps of Chiron "Charles Leclerc must have passed the harbourside bust of Louis Chiron countless times as a boy with barely a sideways glance, but Monaco\u0027s grand prix ace of yesteryear is a point of reference now."...21:13 2019-05-24

Yates ‘wasn’t good enough’ to follow GC rivals "Simon Yates leaked more time to his GC rivals after a disappointing Stage 13 at the Giro d’Italia, but Mitchelton-Scott chief Matt White insists his challenge is not yet over."...00:39 2019-05-25

Trump says he will ‘likely’ follow through on Mexico tariff threats President Trump said Tuesday it’s “more likely” that he will carry through on his threat to impose harsh new tariffs on Mexican imports unless Mexico curbs immigrants illegally crossing the southern border. “We are going to see if we can do something, but I think it’s more likely t...16:52 2019-06-04

6 technology tips every flexible workplace should follow Companies around the world are embracing flexible work to make employees happier and more productive. According to stats from Owl Labs, 52 percent of global employees work from home at least once per week. What’s more, 16 percent of companies are fully remote. A major driver of the work-from-anywher...14:26 2019-05-30

U.S. Stocks Follow Global Markets Lower U.S. stocks fell shortly after the opening bell as investors moderated their expectations about how much central banks are likely to cut interest rates in the coming days....16:13 2019-09-10

NYC to give up $1.3 million rather than follow abortion rule NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will give up $1.3 million in federal funds rather than comply with a Trump administration rule that bars federally funded clinics from making abortion referrals.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that the city’s public hospital system will cease participating in th...22:39 2019-06-28

Baffled By Brexit? How to Follow the Latest Showdown More than three years after Britain voted to break away from the European Union, the country is still tearing itself apart over Brexit. The new U.K. Prime Minster Boris Johnson is embroiled in a showdown with Parliament this week and the murky outlook has the pound see-sawing. The risk of a messy sp...13:39 2019-09-05

Meet the gutsy snake wrangler behind ‘Them That Follow’ If you’re looking for a rattlesnake to star in your movie, “Western diamondbacks have an attitude that just won’t quit!” says British snake wrangler Jules Sylvester. He’s been working with venomous serpents for 50 years, and brought several of his prize rattlers to the ...04:52 2019-08-02

UA defensive standout hopes to follow his brother to NFL TUCSON – Arizona defensive end JB Brown has a brother in the NFL, and has two other siblings who’ve played college ball. And he hopes to follow in their footsteps. Here’s more from Arizona’s seventh practice of fall camp:
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SNK promises 'next gen' Neo Geo hardware to follow its Mini console Amid the retro gaming console fad, last year's release of the Neo Geo Mini didn't attract as much attention as others, but SNK is back this summer with a $140 Samurai Shodown edition to celebrate the release of Samurai Shodown on PS4 and Xbox One. Un......08:26 2019-08-02

Baffled By Brexit? How to Follow the Latest Twists More than three years after Britain voted to break away from the European Union, the country is still tearing itself apart over Brexit. Parliament has moved to thwart Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his plan to leave the bloc by Oct. 31 even if no formal agreement with the EU is in place. The murky ...22:39 2019-09-06

These Countries Follow the 'Six Month Rule' for Passports If you have any international travel planned, you’re going to want to check the expiration date on your passport right away. Of course, you know better than to try and cross borders with an expired passport, but many countries require a six month buffer on your passport’s expiration date....20:39 2019-06-05

Laura Ingraham: The UK needs to follow Trump's lead Could the UK benefit from following the lead of President Trump? Fox News' Laura Ingraham thinks they could and said that Trump's visit across the pond could enlighten people to see that what is 'making America great again' could get the United Kingdom on the same path....07:00 2019-06-04

Energy Stocks and Bonds Follow Oil Lower The recent slide in oil prices has prompted investors to scale back on shares and bonds of energy companies when markets broadly remain strong—a divergence some traders and analysts don’t think will last....14:52 2019-06-18

Follow the thread: the old draper’s shop that's a new home Textile designers have run a series of large ribbons through this restored Victorian shop, now converted into a home with clues to its working pastThe highly tailored home that Helen and Andrew Magowan have created for themselves is full of stories. This former draper’s shop in a quiet street of Vic...20:13 2019-06-08

Here's a good example why you can't blindly follow Google Maps Many of us rely on Google Maps every day to help us get safely from point "A" to point "B." But sometimes putting blind faith in technology can backfire. Take the ordeal that nearly 100 Colorado drivers found themselves living through this past Sunday when they tried to drive around a traffic jam. A...20:52 2019-06-27

There's now an oral history of Trump's weird love for Bloodsport Look, we know as well as anyone that there’s no accounting for taste. While we at The A.V. Club report and examine pop culture in all its complexities, at the end of the day there remains the fundamental fact that art is almost always a subjective experience. That said, it’s inarguably goddamn weird...22:39 2019-08-20

MST3K's Jonah Ray is releasing an EP of "Weird Al" Yankovic covers Jonah Ray has always been outspoken about his love for “Weird Al” Yankovic, the reigning maestro of parody pop songs. But anyone can be a fan; what demonstrates true passion is taking those parody songs, recording brand new music, and then singing the satirist’s lyrics over completely different melo...21:39 2019-07-19

Watch a trailer for the new season of AMC's weird, wonderful Lodge 49 Quirky, offbeat comedies like Lodge 49—one of our favorite shows of 2018—feel like a rarity in this era of Serious TV, so we were pleased when AMC renewed its near-mystical story of landlocked surfer Dud (the wonderful Wyatt Russell) for a second season last year. Today, ahead of its August 12 premi...16:39 2019-07-11

Aaron Judge shares weird London experience The Yankees logo is a global brand, the hat is worn in London as in New York as in Tokyo. Somewhere along the trip across the pond, though, the part about the Yankees actual players evidently gets lost. Aaron Judge found that out on Thursday. When walking near the London Eye on Thursday, Judge saw.....18:26 2019-06-28

Jeffrey Epstein Had Weird Ideas About Spreading His Gunk Around As if the Jeffrey Epstein story could get any more harrowing, the New York Times reports the billionaire financier/accused child rapist “hoped to seed the human race” with his DNA, an effort he planned to accomplish by impregnating as many women as possible at his ranch outside Santa Fe....03:13 2019-08-01

Here's a trailer for See, the weird sci-fi show coming to Apple TV+ at launch Today, Apple announced a new iPhone that is different in some way than the last iPhone (beyond the fact that it has three cameras, we assume), but that announcement also came alongside the reveal that the Apple TV+ streaming service will launch on November 1 at $5 a month. We also got a trailer for ...00:13 2019-09-11

Nintendo’s weird exercise ring is used to control a Switch RPG Get up and move!
Last week, Nintendo threw up a vague and unexpected video showing people "moving their bodies, doing some kind of activity, and having a pretty good laugh," as the company now describes it. Today, Nintendo revealed more details about Ring Fit...03:39 2019-09-13

The Shelby GT500 Is Faster Than The McLaren F1 In One Weird Metric The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, with its supercharged V8 and 760 horsepower, is claimed to be faster from zero to 100 mph and back down to zero than the hallowed McLaren F1. It’s a silly metric that hardly anybody uses or is familiar with, but I guess faster is faster....12:26 2019-08-06

'Shop Contest: That Weird Switch Teaser, Winners! Last week, Nintendo dropped a strange teaser for a weird Switch fitness...thing. Now we know what it is and it looks kinda cool! But last weekend we had no idea. So I asked you wonderful Kotaku readers to get creative with the teaser and you didn’t disappoint....23:39 2019-09-14

Session Is A Hardcore Skateboarding Sim With Cool, Weird Controls “Pretty much everyone who tries the game eats shit like crazy at first,” Marc-Andre Houde told me when I met him in New York to see crea-ture studios’ forthcoming skateboarding game, Session. Maybe that’s a bad way to sell a video game, but Session is an unusual game—more a skate sim than an arcade ...00:26 2019-08-23

Yankees’ Gleyber Torres kept off IL in weird turn of events BALTIMORE — When infielder Thairo Estrada entered the Yankees’ clubhouse at Camden Yards with his equipment bag late Wednesday afternoon and was assigned a locker between Aaron Judge and Didi Gregorius, it was easy to believe Gleyber Torres was headed to the injured list with a core problem that for...02:39 2019-08-08

Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ review: Weird, but in a good way I have to suspect that, back in 2011 when the original Galaxy Note was released, not even Samsung knew it would become as popular as it did. By the standards of the time, the Note and its 5.3-inch screen were massive, and styluses were considered......01:13 2019-08-23

Soccer team’s celebratory stripper party got a little weird Seventh-division Spanish soccer celebrations are just as odd as you might think. After winning on Saturday to earn promotion to the sixth tier of Spanish soccer, Esportiu Llanca decided to celebrate with a stripper in the locker room. Judging by the video, in which the team seems more embarrassed th...20:00 2019-05-30

Trevor Bauer’s last day with Indians was weird and sort of angry Trevor Bauer’s final throw as a member of the Cleveland Indians didn’t cross home plate. Instead, it was launched over the center field wall in an act of frustration, an act that didn’t sit well with his now-former manager. “I had concerns what it could do to our team, and I voiced those concerns,” ...18:26 2019-08-01

Destiny 2 Players Can't Decide What This Weird Cat Statue Means Last week, Destiny 2’s Solstice of Heroes event began, bringing with it a new activity set in a new area: the European Aerial Zone. Ever since, players have been scouring it for potential hidden lore or secret areas that could be tucked away somewhere in its many floating rocks and abandoned buildin...06:13 2019-08-08

Twitter's latest test lets you follow topics Twitter isn't relenting in its eagerness to test new features. The social site has begun testing an option to follow topics in addition to people. You'll have to pick from a list of topics curated by Twitter, starting with sports, but it should exp......05:00 2019-08-14

China signals it won’t follow Taiwan in allowing gay marriage BEIJING – The Chinese government signaled on Wednesday that it would not follow Taiwan’s example on same-sex marriage after the first legal unions in Asia were hailed by activists as a social revolution for the region. Taiwan’s parliament passed a bill this month that endorsed same-sex marriag...22:39 2019-05-29

The cast of Them That Follow on finding characters in the wilds of Appalachia After premiering in competition at this year’s Sundance, Them That Follow hit theaters this past week, providing audiences with a glimpse into a secluded religious sect hidden deep in Appalachia. The story follows a pastor’s daughter (Alice Englert) who contemplates her own beliefs when she becomes ...20:52 2019-08-07

Jude Law brings papal drama follow-up to Venice Jude Law brought the follow-up to "The Young Pope" to the Venice Film Festival on Sunday, presenting a glimpse of his return in the Paolo Sorrentino-directed papal drama, which at one point sees him wearing just "a napkin"....01:52 2019-09-02

NYC high schoolers follow de Blasio to Iowa to question him Mayor Bill de Blasio, who’s repeatedly ditched the city since launching his quixotic presidential run, may hate hanging around New Yorkers. But some of them are so mad at him, they’re willing to track the derelict mayor all the way to Iowa. At a breakfast meet-and-greet in tiny Hiawatha, two New Yor...05:26 2019-06-09

Watch: Bond Yields Also Follow Elliott Waves On these pages, we've shown before that the Fed, when deciding on the direction of the rates, follows the yields in the bond market. But what do yields follow? You got it: Elliott wave patterns. Watch as the editor of our Interest Rates Pro Service explains more....23:52 2019-08-06

UA player hopes to follow aunt’s footsteps with Nat. Title TUCSON – Arizona infielder Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her aunt (former Wildcat softball great Toni Mascarenas). Mascarenas won a national championship with the Cats in 2001. Arizona’s 2019 team suits up Thursday at the College World Series. Here̵...06:52 2019-05-30

‘Excuse my weird face’: Daniel Jones is Giants’ backup Daniel Jones is officially No. 2. After dazzling in the preseason, the Giants’ No. 6-overall pick will take a backseat to Eli Manning when the regular season opens Sunday against the Cowboys. But he will at least be active and in uniform, something the Giants’ rookie quarterbacks the past two years ...10:52 2019-09-07

Nintendo Explains Why Its Official Smash Bros. Tournaments Are So Weird “We used to have the perception he didn’t care,” said Super Smash Bros. pro Gonzalo “Zero” Barrios at Nintendo’s first tournament for Smash Ultimate last year. “He,” of course, was game director Masahiro Sakarai, the Smashdaddy himself, who was watching from the sidelines. Barrios had just won a gli...23:26 2019-05-29

Baby Billy is here to fill out the weird world of The Righteous Gemstones One of the best things about the TV shows created by Danny McBride and Jody Hill is the way every episode expands the created world just a little bit more. Every season/series premiere acts as a setup in some way, but there’s never a full reveal of all the cards. Instead, the creators hone in on a c...05:13 2019-09-02

Ross Perot's pop culture ubiquity remains hilarious and weird Ross Perot, the Texas billionaire who twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died, the Dallas News reports. The verbose, aphorism-spewing 89-year old died after a five-year struggle with leukemia, leaving behind a legacy that includes one of the best showings for an independent cand...20:39 2019-07-09

Korg Volca Modular synth review: As weird as it is affordable This review is a little different. Normally when Engadget reviews something, we're bringing years of experience and expertise to the table. But not here. The Volca Modular is a semimodular, West Coast-style synthesizer. And until I received this revi......05:52 2019-08-18

Chinese national was ‘weird, strange’ during Mar-a-Lago trespass: witness The Chinese national charged with trespassing at Mar-a-Lago acted “weird and strange” from the moment she set foot in President Trump’s South Florida retreat, wearing an evening gown in the middle of the day, a receptionist testified Tuesday. “As soon as she entered the lobby, you could see that she...23:26 2019-09-10

This Old Volkswagen Rabbit Brochure Makes A Couple Of Really Weird Points Recently, a kind reader possibly seeking to avoid the grim self-made prison of a hoarder, sent me about a hundred or so pounds of prime, uncut ’70s and ’80s-era car brochures. There’s so much good stuff in there, and it’ll take me forever to go through it all, but as I find interesting things, I’ll ...03:26 2019-08-21

Weird How Grandstanding Republicans Keep Blocking Disaster Relief Funding For the second time in less than a week, a grandstanding Republican congressman has held up more than $19 billion in bipartisan-backed disaster relief funds for victims of Hurricanes Maria, Michael, and Florence, as well as states ravaged by wildfires and catastrophic flooding....02:52 2019-05-29

Himesh Patel: ‘It’s weird to think about a Beatle watching me sing their songs’ The actor on his role in Danny Boyle’s new film, the work ethic of EastEnders and the pain of following SpursCambridgeshire-born Himesh Patel, 28, discovered a love of drama at school. At 16, he landed the role of Tamwar Masood on EastEnders, a part he played for nine years. He was social worker Nit...14:39 2019-06-23

Art House Theater Day 2019 keeps it weird with Putney Swope and In Fabric Art House Theater Day, the cinephile’s answer to Record Store Day that offers special programming hoping to entice viewers into independent movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada, has never been afraid to be weird. It came out swinging in its first year, declaring Don Coscarelli’s 1979 surrealist...02:13 2019-08-31

Pete Alonso’s weird response to very strange alien question The question was out of right field. Pete Alonso’s response came from outer space. After the Mets beat the Yankees on Tuesday night to salvage a Subway Series split, the rookie phenom was faced with ESPN inquiries over standard baseball musings and… aliens. “We can all agree that aliens ...06:00 2019-06-13

The Point: Here's how a weird DNC rule is setting the 2020 debate stage Earlier this week, with virtually no advance notice, the Democratic National Committee, released its criteria for how the 23(!) candidates running for the party's presidential nomination can qualify for a spot on the stage for the third party-sanctioned debate in September....20:00 2019-05-31

This One Weird Trick To Defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas: Be An 18-Year-Old Canadian Stefanos Tsitsipas, tennis’s vlog prince, has done plenty to be proud of in the last year, with wins over Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer on hard court, a victory over Rafael Nadal on clay, and a current No. 6 ranking in the world. The breakout is nearly complete, and there is little else to wait f...21:52 2019-06-21

Twitter is making it easier for users to follow curated topics Twitter is coming up with new ideas to improve the microblogging site, with tests currently underway for letting users follow specific topics so they can easily access content they’re interested in. It will work exactly how the social site lets users follow specific people (or accounts) ...03:26 2019-08-14

Tough act to follow: Young maestro leads Israel Philharmonic TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Lahav Shani wasn’t even born when Zubin Mehta joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969.
Now, at the age of 30, the Israeli wunderkind is poised to succeed his mentor at the helm of the acclaimed symphony.
Stepping into the shoes of a beloved living legend isn...08:00 2019-05-22

Jennifer Kent's Babadook follow-up The Nightingale gets a bloody first trailer The Nightingale, Jennifer Kent’s bloody follow-up to 2014's The Babadook is a punishing watch. Though he was a fan, our own A.A. Dowd noted its “ceaseless, numbing brutality,” dubbing it “a Western revenge yarn of such heightened cruelty and suffering that it basically demands to be read as alle...17:13 2019-05-22

Follow the Bird Lady! Cinderella costume parade – in pictures Christopher Wheeldon is bringing his in-the-round Cinderella ballet to the Royal Albert Hall in London, complete with 370 costumes. We went behind the scenes for English National Ballet’s final preparations Continue reading......16:01 2019-05-25

Floods follow heavy rain in south-central Nebraska Floodwaters covered large areas of south-central Nebraska on Tuesday after up to nine inches of rain fell in some spots. Parts of highways were closed and dive teams were sent to help people trapped in their homes. (July 10)
...11:26 2019-07-10

Todd Phillips now says Joker doesn't "follow anything from the comic books" About a year ago, before we knew too many specifics about director Todd Phillips Joker movie, we reported on a theory that the movie would adapt some plot points from Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s legendary The Killing Joke. A portion of that book is presented as a potential origin story for the Cl...23:39 2019-07-08

Memorial Day: sweltering heat and storms follow tornadoes and flooding 100F forecast from Florida to South CarolinaTwo dead and 29 injured in Oklahoma tornadoSweltering heat, storms and possible twisters were expected to hit the southern plains and south-eastern states on Memorial Day, after a spate of deadly tornadoes and flooding. Related: Are hurricanes getting stro...14:26 2019-05-27

Goth Designer Rick Owens Doesn't Follow Trends The glamour-meets-grunge creator, nominated for Menswear Designer of the Year at next week’s awards, sees the use of influencers as ‘kind of horrible and...kind of great.’...17:13 2019-05-28

John Cusack under fire for antisemitic 'follow the money' tweet Actor posts message alongside popular far-right motto before backtracking amid barrage of criticismJohn Cusack has apologised after coming under fire for an antisemitic tweet.Cusack retweeted a quotation, accompanied by a Star of David image, popular among the far right: “To learn who rules over you...16:39 2019-06-18

Friday daytime at Glastonbury 2019 – follow all the action live! We’re down on the farm for the Glastonbury festival. Follow along here for reviews, news – and lots of pictures of people with glitter on their faces 2.06pm BST The Left Field stage, Glastonbury’s home of activism and political discussion, opened today with a debate on the legacy of Theresa May’s ‘h...15:26 2019-06-28

Follow states lead and block fetal tissue in research The United States is the world leader in most areas of science and medicine, yet our current medical establishment is decades behind in its ineffective and immoral use of aborted fetal tissue for research. It is time for the federal government to stop funding this antiquated research, and for our le...06:13 2019-05-30

‘Weird swing’ turns Dominic Smith into Mets’ injury concern PHOENIX — Dominic Smith homered with a sore right thumb a day earlier, but the Mets weren’t taking any chances Sunday. The first baseman/outfielder is expected to receive an MRI exam in New York on Monday, after he was scratched from the lineup against the Diamondbacks. Smith said he hurt the thumb ...09:52 2019-06-03

From Weird Dreams to Granny's Garden: a brief history of cursed video games They were weird and obscure and no one else remembers them – here are the old computer games that still give us the chillsIt was Caverns of Khafka for me. Discovered one rainy afternoon in a Debenhams bargain bin, this weird Commodore 64 dungeon exploration game totally freaked me out with its funer...16:00 2019-09-06

Bait review – fishing-town drama reels you into its weird world Cornish tourism is the hook for Mark Jenkin’s hypnotic tale of a villager angling for payback against the owners of his old homeCornish film-maker Mark Jenkin has created an arrestingly strange adventure in zero-budget analogue cinema, a black-and-white film shot with a Bolex cine-camera on 16mm fil...17:13 2019-08-29

Before Dark Souls and Elden Ring: FromSoftware's weird, wonderful past Role-playing games have changed a lot throughout the years, transitioning from a genre that was once set in stone, to something that’s unpredictable, exciting and diverse. At the helm of changing our perception of RPGs and their potential are companies such as FromSoftware. This Japanese...22:39 2019-09-05